Can'tneverdidnothin'

Can'tneverdidnothin'
Studio album by Nikka Costa
Released May 24, 2005
Recorded Stellasound
Length 45:53
Label Virgin
Producer Justin Stanley, Nikka Costa
Nikka Costa chronology
Everybody Got Their Something
(2001)		 Can'tneverdidnothin'
(2005)		 Pebble to a Pearl
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(67%)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]
Rolling Stone [3]
Entertainment Weekly(D)[4]
Robert Christgau[5]

Can'tneverdidnothin' is the second studio album by Nikka Costa. The album was released May 24, 2005, by Virgin Records. It received generally favorable reviews from critics.[1]

Track listing

2005 retail release

# Title
1. "Till I Get to You"
Writers: Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley, Craig Ross 		3:17
2. "Can'tneverdidnothin'"
Writers: Costa, Stanley 		3:10
3. "Fooled Ya Baby"
Writers: Costa, Stanley 		4:33
4. "I Gotta Know"
Writers: Costa, Stanley 		4:46
5. "Around the World"
Writers: Costa, Stanley 		5:22
6. "Swing It Around"
Writers: Costa, Stanley, Shawn Davis 		3:15
7. "Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweeter"
Writers: Aillene Bullock 		3:46
8. "On & On"
Writers: Costa, Stanley, Ross 		2:53
9. "Happy in the Morning"
Writers: Costa, Stanley 		3:33
10. "Hey Love"
Writers: Costa, Stanley, R.J. Manning Jr. 		4:02
11. "Fatherless Child"
Writer: Costa 		4:20
12. "Sugar in My Bowl" (hidden track)
Writer: Nina Simone 		2:11

2004 promotional release

# Title
1. "I Don't Think We've Met"
Writers: Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley 		3:43
2. "Till I Get to You"
Writers: Costa, Stanley, Craig Ross 		3:24
3. "I Gotta Know"
Writers: Costa, Stanley 		4:30
4. "Around the World"
Writers: Costa, Stanley 		5:43
5. "Swing It Around"
Writers: Costa, Stanley, Shawn Davis 		3:04
6. "Happy in the Morning"
Writers: Costa, Stanley 		3:37
7. "Can'tneverdidnothin'"
Writers: Costa, Stanley 		3:04
8. "I'm Gonna Leave You"
Writers: Costa, Stanley 		2:56
9. "The Last Time"
Writers: Costa, Stanley 		4:35
10. "Hey Love"
Writers: Costa, Stanley, R.J. Manning Jr. 		4:02
11. "Fatherless Child"
Writers: Costa 		4:22

Personnel

Credits for Can'tneverdidnothin' adapted from Allmusic[6]

  • ?uestlove- drums
  • Tim Arindgreff- horn
  • Charlie Bisharat- violin
  • John Blackwell- drums
  • Printz Board- horn
  • Jon Brian- organ, synthesizer
  • Aillene Bullock- composer
  • David Campbell- string arrangements
  • Dave Chegwidden- bongos, conga
  • Larry Corbett- cello
  • Nikka Costa- audio production, composer, Fender Rhodes, keyboard, Korg synthesizer, piano, producer, tambourine, vocals
  • Shawn Davis- composer, bass, guitar (bass)
  • Joel Derouin- violin
  • Bruce Dukov- violin
  • Berj Garabedian- violin
  • Brian Gardner- mastering
  • Ranjit Grewal- photography
  • Chris Holmes- engineer
  • Stan "Chance" Howard- Moog bass, Moog synthesizer, organ
  • Lenny Kravitz- bass, drums, bass
  • Abe Laboriel, Jr.- drums
  • Felix Lau- assistant engineer
  • Brian LeBarton- clavinet, organ
  • Tim LeBlanc- engineer
  • Joshua "Trumpet Solo" Lopez- guitar, guitar (electric), shaker
  • Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.- clavinet
  • Manny Marroquin- mixing
  • Keith Megna- guitar, guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric), sitar
  • Wendy Melvoin- guitar (electric)
  • Adam Moseley- engineer, mixing
  • Tim Izo Orindgreff- horn, horn arrangements
  • Len Peltier- art direction, design
  • James Poyser- Moog synthesizer
  • Satnam Ramgotra- drums, turntables
  • Brian Reitzell- drums
  • Steven Rhodes- engineer
  • Craig Ross- composer, guitar, guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric)
  • Jim Scott- mixing
  • Sinisha- photography
  • Justin Stanley- audio production, bass, engineer, fuzz bass, guitar, guitar (bass), guitar (electric), kalimba, Mellotron, mixing, organ, percussion, producer

Singles

Notes

"Till I Get to You", "Can'tneverdidnothin'", "Swing It Around", "Happy in the Morning", "I Gotta Know", and "Hey Love" are some of the tracks that were remixed and reorganized for the retail release.

References

  1. 1 2 Cantneverdidnothin at Metacritic
  2. ↑ Can'tneverdidnothin' at AllMusic
  3. ↑ "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on 2007-12-05. Retrieved 2007-09-04.
  4. ↑ Watson, Margeaux (23 May 2005). "Can'tneverdidnothin'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Consumer Guide: Nikka Costa
  6. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/cantneverdidnothin-r711161/credits
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